Each team’s high and low point of the season, how they got here and what needs to happen for them to win or what could derail their chance at the national championship.
, with the first 12-team field featuring an unbeaten top seed and a late addition who claimed the ACC title just before the clock turned to midnight on Selection Sunday . Here isThe Ducks earned the No. 1 seed in the College Football Playoff by surviving a nonconference schedule where they were not playing their best football. Oregon struggled in Week 1 against the Idaho Vandals of the FCS, but pulled away for a 24–14 win.
The Bulldogs won the SEC and, as one of the four highest-ranked conference champions, were given a first-round bye and automatic berth into the CFP. As a result of their conference’s historic tie-in with the Sugar Bowl, the Bulldogs will head to New Orleans where they will await the winner of the No. 10 Indiana at No. 7 Notre Dame first-round game.
Boise State reached the CFP for the first time thanks to a stout defense and Jeanty, who is one of the best ballcarriers since Barry Sanders. Jeanty has destroyed opposing defenses all season long, as eight- and nine-man boxes have proven to be no match. The Broncos lost by three to Oregon in Week 2, and looked good enough to compete with the top dogs in the sport.
The Irish earned an at-large bid because, as an independent, they have no conference and no automatic bid to win. This was the highest possible placement they could get. Notre Dame landed its spot in the bracket with 10 wins by double digits, including the last seven in a row. Notre Dame has just one victory over a team that finished the season in the CFP top 25 , but it is one of just two teams to go undefeated against power-conference competition .Holding off the USC Trojans, 49–35, on Nov.
The Buckeyes began the season as the Big Ten favorite, but lost their chance for an automatic bid and first-round bye with a stunning upset defeat at the hands of nemesis Michigan, knocking them out of the Big Ten championship game and a rematch with Oregon. But Ohio State’s road victory over Penn State and home rout of Indiana powered it into the playoff and earned a home playoff game.Winning in Happy Valley.
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